Derek Pike

Who is Derek Pike?

Derek Pike is an American filmmaker from New York, living in Los Angeles and widely known as a music video director. He is of half British and half Japanese-American descent. A natural storyteller, most of his music videos are narrative based. At the age of 8, Derek had a drawing published in Sports Illustrated Kids. In high school he attended Carrabassett Valley Academy and was a nationally ranked snowboarder, some of his sponsors included Arbor Snowboards, Smith Optics, Adidas, Giro, and Swix. In May of 2010 Derek graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where he majored in Film and Television. During his freshman year of college he walked on to the NYU soccer team, but later resigned due to his academic schedule. As a teenager he was signed to a modeling agency. At 21, he became one of the youngest directors to have a music video featured on MTV.

Derek is attached to direct a feature film and is in development on several television shows.